Soldiers Hill Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Soldiers Hill (3350) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Ballaratt, Victoria. It is about 102 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Soldiers Hill is in the federal electorate of Ballarat.

In the 2011 census the population of Soldiers Hill was 2,832 and is comprised of approximately 52.8% females and 47.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Soldiers Hill is 34 years of age.

84.8% of people living in the suburb of Soldiers Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.4% England, 0.8% India, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Saudi Arabia, 0.4% United States of America, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% China , 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Sudan.

89.7% of people living in Soldiers Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Japanese, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Croatian, 0.3% Sinhalese.

The religious makeup of Soldiers Hill is 33.1% No religion, 26.9% Catholic, 9.6% Anglican, 9.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.5% Uniting Church, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Other religious affiliation , 1.0% Churches of Christ.

39.0% of people are married, 42.2% have never married and 10.1% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 119 widowed people living in Soldiers Hill.

55.7% of the people living in Soldiers Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.1% are working on a part time basis. Soldiers Hill has an unemployment rate of 5.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Soldiers Hill are 29.2% Professionals, 12.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Community & personal service workers, 10.4% Managers, 10.2% Sales workers, 7.8% Labourers, 4.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Soldiers Hill work in are 14.7% Health care and social assistance, 13.2% Education and training, 10.8% Retail trade, 8.7% Accommodation and food services, 8.1% Public administration and safety, 7.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.5% Construction, 6.6% Manufacturing, 3.0% Other services.

28.7% of homes are fully owned, and 34.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $576 per week and the median household income is $1010 per week.

The median rent in Soldiers Hill is $215 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1278 per month.

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